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Comment 37 for Public Workshops on Investment of Cap-and-Trade Auction Proceeds to Benefit Disadvantaged Communities (sb-535-guidance-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: Federal
Last Name: Glover
Email Address: Paul.adler@bos.cccounty.us
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Subject: SB 535
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September 9, 2014 Honorable Matt Rodriquez Secretary, Cal EPA California Environmental Protection Agency 1001 I Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Mary Nichols Chairman, California Air Resources Board California Air Resources Board 1001 I Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Dear Secretary Rodriquez and Chairman Nichols: I am writing to express concerns about how CalEnviroScreen (CES) version 2.0 is being used to allocate state cap-and-trade revenue. As the Contra Costa County Supervisor who represents constituents that live in the unincorporated communities of three different refineries, Phillips 66, Shell-Martinez and Tesoro, I am extremely disappointed that the current California Environmental Protection Agency’s (CalEPA’s) identification of disadvantaged communities for priority excludes the communities of Rodeo, Crockett, Tormey, Vine Hill, Pacheco and Clyde in CES 2.0’s analysis. I strongly support prioritizing funding for these disadvantaged communities because of the need to improve the quality of life for these county residents. Many Bay Area Communities with some of the highest poverty rates and greatest health burdens (asthma rates and low birth weight) are not identified in this model and CalEnviroScreen Method 1 used a 20% threshold that identified fewer than 3% of Bay Area census tracts as disadvantaged. I would like to request that you direct your staff to make common-sense corrections to CES 2.0 that will reflect the realities of disadvantaged constituents around the state. Specifically, I request that: CES 2.0 not be applied for allocating funding until your staff has had the opportunity to correct flaws identified by our regional agencies that clearly bias the tool against many urban region of the state. Funds be initially apportioned on the basis of regional populations, who can then use more precise tools developed locally to delineate disadvantaged neighborhoods or overlay CES 2.0 within that region. Thank you for your time and attention to this important issue. I hope you will take the comments here into consideration. Sincerely, Federal D. Glover
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2014-09-12 16:55:33
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